Kisumu

Study: Circumcision can halve HIV risk

Circumcision can halve the risk of a man picking up the HIV infection that leads to Aids, scientists in the United States said on Wednesday night. Two major trials, in Kenya and Uganda, have confirmed what doctors and campaigners have suspected and hoped for several years. The results have major implications for the fight against the Aids pandemic raging in Africa and Asia.

Questionable assumptions - why health sector reforms have failed to deliver in Kenya

he Kenyan government is committed to providing health services to all its citizens. But despite major health sector reforms, the population’s health status is falling. Researchers from the Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development, Kisumu, Kenya, explore the reasons for this lack of success.